Oil-can



UNITED STATES PATENT @Finca EDWARD VERMYLIAN RUNION, on sELIvIA,CALIFORNIA.

OIL-CAN.l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,832, dated November1, 1887.

Application filed August 2i, 1887. Serial No. 245,972. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, EDWARD VERMYLIAN BUNION, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Selma, in the county of Fresno and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oil-Cans, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in oil-cans adapted for use inoiling machinery,

whereby oil may be easily forced through a long discharge-tube to putany desired amount of oil in a journal or oil-cup by a single motion ofthe oil-ejecting device.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical central section. Fig. 2 is asimilar view with the reservoir forced up, as seen in discharging oil.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the body or outershell of the oiler, having an inner vertical ange, B, soldered to andextending up from the lower edge, and C is the reservoir, having anouter downwardlyextending flange,` D, from the upper edge thereof'. Thesaid flange D is adapted in size to pass down into the groove formedbetween the tlange'B and the outer shell of the oiler.

E designates an inturned flange soldered on j the upper edge ofthe'reservoir, for a purpose hereinafter described.

G designates a cap secured to the upper end of the outer shell bysoldering or otherwise.

II is the dischargetube, and I is a screw-v coupling between the saidcap and the tube.

K designates an inwardly-extending flange secured in the cap G, and L isa spiralspring bearing at the ends against the under side of the IiangeK and the upper side of the ange E, before mentioned.

It will be seen that the tendency of the spring is to force thereservoir down and hold it normally at the eXtreme limit` of motionthereof, and after the said reservoir has been pressed up to eject oiland is again released the spring will return the saine to its normalposition.

By constructing the oiler as herein described no oil can escape from thereservoir and find its way out through the lower end of the shell,

. for the parts all slide tightly together, and in order that oil mayescape it must pass down around the outer flange of the reservoir, andthence rise over the inner flange of the outer shell and pass downbetween the said flange and the inner wall of the reservoir. The fewdrops of oil which will work out will only serve to lubricate therubbing surfaces of the movable parts.

rIhe advantage gained by constructing the device so that the entirereservoir may be pushed up to eject the oil is that in .this way thedischarge of the oil is made more certain; also, any desired quantity ofoil may be ejected at one pressure, governed by the distance that thesaid reservoir is pressed up, it being evident that the said reservoirmay be pressed up as slight a distance as the ordinary springbottonis inOilers now in use; also, the discharge of the oil by this device is verysteady and regular, as the pressure upon the bottom of the reservoir maybe as slow as desired, and thus eject the oil in a steady stream.

Having thus described the construction, operation, and advantages of myinvention, I claim- 1. An-oiler comprising the outer shell, A, havingdischargetube H and vertical inner fiange, B, secured to its lower edge,and lreservoir C, having an outer flange depending from the upper edgethereof and adapted toV engage over the ange secured to the shell,substantially as set forth.

2. An oiler comprising the outer shell, A, having discharge'tube H andthe upturned inner flange, B, the reservoir C, having theinwardly-projecting iiange, E, at its upper endand the outer ange, D,depending from the said flange E and adapted to engage over the innerflange of the shell A, the inwardly-projecting flange K in the upper endof the shell A, and the spiral spring arranged between the anges E K,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses. I

. EDWARD VERMYLIAN RUNIN.

- Witnesses:

-W. A. SIMoNs,

W. E. KNowLEs.

